American - Activist | June 29, 1941 - November 15, 1998
It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.
Stokely Carmichael
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The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.
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I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.
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There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.
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Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
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I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
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The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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No man can given anybody his freedom.
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I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.
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Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him.
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We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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